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type: this-week-with
url: 'https://taylordrayson.com/2026/09/25/tww-s7-e259'
title: 'Season 7, Episode 259'
date: '2026-09-25T13:00:00+01:00'
fields:
  episode: S7E259
  season: '7'
  number: '259'
  topic: "ESP32-C6 devices, small cheap microcontrollers - Creating Software to Flash onto them - Screens and Touch Screens - YouTube Tutorial for what is possible - Buying them from Amazon - Adding Reactions, Comments and Web Mentions to Taylor's Website - Pulling content from Strava etc. - Scope Creep - Adding Emoji"
  duration: '13m 44s'
---

# Season 7, Episode 259

ESP32-C6 devices, small cheap microcontrollers - Creating Software to Flash onto them - Screens and Touch Screens - YouTube Tutorial for what is possible - Buying them from Amazon - Adding Reactions…

Waveshare ESP32 -C6 - a small low-cost, low-power system on a chip microcontroller with WiFi and Bluetooth

It has a 1.47" screen, and needs USB C plugged in for power

Claude was then given access and it flashed the software I designed onto it

Spark Graph to see  Solar Generation vs House Load

Also purchased an ESP32 JC243W328C 2.8" touchscreen

Printed 3D cases for both of them - once again no battery so needs plugging in

Small one was used for Solar Generation details at a glance

Larger one for a Dashboard of sorts that shows me Home Assistant details

Showing main details for the rooms in the house and the family members that are in or out

They can be programmed to show whatever you need or want

YouTube video that started me off - <a href="https://youtu.be/Zvb01TRY6UY">https://youtu.be/Zvb01TRY6UY</a>

ESP32-C6, 1.47" screen on Amazon - <a href="https://www.amazon.co.uk/dp/B0DS9VSD9W">https://www.amazon.co.uk/dp/B0DS9VSD9W</a>

ESP32 - 2.8" touch screen - JC2432W328C - <a href="https://www.amazon.co.uk/dp/B0D5H84RDB">https://www.amazon.co.uk/dp/B0D5H84RDB</a>

ESP32-S3 Round Touch Display - <a href="https://www.amazon.co.uk/dp/B0DMJZPH2R">https://www.amazon.co.uk/dp/B0DMJZPH2R</a>

Reactions, Comments and Web mentions on Taylor's Website

23 Days work - the scope keep changing and expanding

Adding emoji, likes and mentions to each activity

Pulling in from other apps around the web like Strava etc.

Thinking through mentioning other people or articles, including his own

Scope creep is not normally great for developers

Go take a look to see on his website: <a href="https://taylordrayson.com">https://taylordrayson.com</a>

 

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## See also

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